David Messer is the Director of the Climate Smart Buildings Alliance, a joint initiative of EllisDon, RBC, Mattamy Homes, AtkinsRealis, Wesgroup, PCL, Dialog and CIBC aimed at leading and accelerating the transition to a net zero buildings sector. CSBA is currently leading five projects, involving over 80 collaborators tackling system-level issues ranging from increasing use of low carbon concrete, to reducing insurance barriers for mass timber, and developing new blended finance approaches for green new homes. David was previously the Executive Director of the Guelph-Wellington Smart Cities Office where he led two initiatives aimed at accelerating the circular economy, Our Food Future, an Infrastructure Canada funded smart cities project, and COIL (Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad), a circular business accelerator that worked with over 160 organizations to scale circular solutions in the food, environment and construction/demolition sectors. David has a long history of working on policy and systems change as part of the Governments of Ontario and Alberta, within industry associations and as a consultant in the private sector.
